Improved mosquito-bar frame



lUNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES HIGGINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

lMPFiOVED MOSQUITO-BAR FRAME.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,943, dated July 30,1861.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LJAMEs HIGGINS, of Ghicago, in Cook county, in theState of Illinois, have invented a Portable Mosquito -Bar Frame, Room,or Tent; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of myinvention is to construct and secure to each other bybutts or hinges frames of wood or other material, so that when openedand covered with proper Inaterial it can be used as a protection againstmosquitos and other Winged insects, also that its construction is suchthat when not in use it can be folded upwith its covering and placed outof the way.

A B C I) is the main frame, of Wood or other material.

s t n p is the wing-frame, attached to upright bar of main frame bybutts or hinges and folding or swinging onto main frame.

s t n p is the Wing-frame, attached to main frame like stnp and foldingonto main frame outside of Wing-frame s t np.

ct b c d is the top frame, attached to top piece of main frame by buttsor hinges and folding onto main frame outside of the wing' frames.

d b c d. is the tentor roof frame, attached to top frame by butts orhinges and folding onto and outside of top frame.

:cx is the prop to tent or hold up tent-frame.

r fr' r r are braces to strengthen and ornament the frame.

2 3 4 5 are casters on which to -move the frame.

By folding together successively the wing, top, and tent frames, asindicated in the description, it will be evident by the small space thatit occupies that it can readily be moved from one place to another andunfolded for immediate use.

W'hen the frame is tted With mosquito-bar cloth, it can be used in anypart of a house or room to keep off mosquitos, ies, and other insects,over a bed to sleep under, over a table to eat or Work under, or it canbe taken into a garden or field and used for the same purposes. Whencovered with opaque cloth, it can be used as a room or office. Whencovered with cloth or other material that will keep out rain, it can beused kas a tent. By attaching other Wing and tent frames its shape andform may be varied as required.

What I claim is- The combination and arrangement of the main frame withthe two Wing-frames and the top and tent frames, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

JAMES HIGGINS. \Vitnesses:

JH. ST. HELEN, WM. H. DAVIS.

